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- Title
THE SPECTACLE OF GAZES: SEEING AND BEING SEEN IN THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE'S EPISTLES.
- Authors
SPERIANI, SILVIA
- Abstract
In ancient Rome, city-life unfolded in a spectacular exchange of social gazes. My paper focuses on the visual dynamics in the social life of Rome through the approach shown by Horace in Epistles 1: from his first letter, the poet programmatically declares himself "watched enough ", dramatizing his claim for independence through a visual motif. I demonstrate that Horace shows a heightened sensitivity to the visual experience: on the one hand, he lays bare the disturbing role that visual ties play in city life; on the other hand, he himself relies on visual interactions in redefining his social role and, above all, his relationship with Maecenas.
- Subjects
ROME; GAZE; EPISTLES (Poem : Horace); HORACE, 65 B.C.-8 B.C.; SOCIAL role; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Classical Journal, 2018, Vol 113, Issue 4, p428
- ISSN
0009-8353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5184/classicalj.113.4.0428